People (original song - by Simon Reed)

Just me sticking the boot into people again. I certainly don't mind a person, but people?

People
Spoil everything
Whatever gift
This world may bring

Is squandered
Or set alight
Or used to justify
A fight

People
Can’t help but lie
The good ones
Are the ones that try

And not be
Like all the rest
There’s so much here
To detest

But you
You showed us how we could be
How to step out of the dark
And mediocrity

You
A shining example lost
We need you here
We need you back right now at any cost

People
They never fail
To disappoint
Beyond the pale

Is where you
Will find them all
Sat on a fence
Behind a wall

People
I think I’m one
Maybe it’s time
That we were gone

So others
Might have a chance
To steer this world
And do the dance

But you
You showed us how we could be
How to step out of the dark
And mediocrity

You
A shining example lost
We need you here
We need you back right now at any cost